| reply to CitizenX9
Re: I will ALWAYS rip you off Mr. Michael Greene I do remember a case where the RIAA was found to have overcharged for CD's for years. They kept the prices artificially high and now they are paying for it.
As for the artists hurting, please. They hurt cause the record companies control it all. Amy Mann (formerly of the band Til Tuesday) has her own website and distribution for her music on the net. Why? Cause Sam Goody, Tower Records, Best Buy, etc. will not sell her stuff. The reason is because the RIAA pressures these stores not to sell music they don't have a hand in. This of course is all back door and very illegal but no one is going to say anything for fear of being cut off (not able to sell the latest Britney Spears money maker) or being out of the "special pricing" tier. The RIAA has been playing dirty for years.
As for the 2 wrongs don't wake a right, well true but consider this an act of protest. Ganhdi made salt in India (which was illegal because the British taxed all salt production to make themselves rich.)
What Napster did (and what Kazaa and Morpheus do) was to make people aware of music they wouldn't normally hear. MTV used to do that. Because of MTV, many bands of the 80's started selling records. Because of Napster, many people bought Metallica that normally wouldn't have a chance to hear it on POP radio.
Play fair and others will follow. |
